­ One of the outcomes of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) report ­ Increased NASA contract oversight ­ Tendency for NASA to have more participation in experiment development (from SRPO perspective)

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NASA Philosophy Trends (cont)

· Code 800 (Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate)

­ Less tolerant of failures on $1M+ missions

· Code 810 (SRPO)

­ Will tailor new documentation requirements to NSRP philosophy ­ Do not anticipate change in payload testing approach ­ Will apply more scrutiny into problems that are discovered

· More investigation in to &quot;cause and effect&quot; · More engineering analysis &amp; less &quot;seat of the pants&quot;

­ Will advocate more upfront design collaboration between NSROC, NASA, and PI's

­ Northrop Grumman is working to purchase first batch of 6 Oriole motors with deferred billing to NSRP

· Allows order to be placed earlier · Shifts costs into FY05 where they can be better absorbed · May try to combine NASA, NSWC, and Australian orders to reduce costs by $92K - $136K per unit · Looking at placing order in March 2004

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Mobile/Foreign Campaigns

· Need to conduct more analyses on existing mobile and foreign missions

· Existing SRPO internal funds being used to support Oriole vehicle development · Augmenting the budget:

­ Leveraging Terrier-Oriole work being done by Naval Surface Weapons Center ­ Leveraging Next Generation Launch Technology (NGLT) funding for higher-performance Oriole development ­ Flying Ames experiments on test rounds in exchange for vehicle development funding ­ Tapping into JPL New Millennium funds to help support development

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Oriole Vehicle Development

· Terrier-Oriole

­ First flight scheduled for July 2004 ­ Development effort being conducted by the Naval Surface Weapons Center (WSMR) ­ NSROC is participating in the development effort along with other contractors

· Talos-Oriole

­ Flight demo will be conducted in July/Aug 2004 ­ Primary funding is from SRPO budget ­ Additional funding to be provided by JPL and Ames

· May be used to support JPL New Millennium Proposal · 1st flight will carry Ames lifting wedge

MRLS-Dart Development Talos-Taurus-Oriole Development Talos-Oriole-Oriole Development Talos-Oriole Development Terrier-Patriot Development

Phasing is based on current anticipated funding profile and is subject to change.

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Subsystem Development Funding

· Budget reflects increased funding for subsystem technology development starting in FY07 · Current funding projection has a lot of uncertainty · Current phasing results in development efforts starting later than desired

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Subsystem Development

· Standard 17.26&quot; diameter subsystems

­ Used for initial Oriole missions at ranges that do not require guidance and thrust termination systems (TTS)

· 22&quot; diameter subsystems

­ Will be more versatile than 30&quot; systems ­ Can be used to support both Oriole and Brant missions ­ Work on 22&quot; subsystems is planned to begin in FY07

· Thrust Termination System

­ SRPO will leverage FTS work being conducted by the Naval Surface Weapons Center

Phasing is based on current anticipated funding profile and is subject to change. Near-term funds are being applied to vehicle development while far-term funds are being applied to subsystems needed to expand the capability of the vehicles.

Upcoming Tech Demo Flights

· Talos-Oriole

­ 12.055 WFF/July-Aug `04

· Talos-Oriole-Oriole

­ 12.XXX WFF/Sep `04

· NIACS

­ 12.054 WSMR/Feb '04 ­ 12.056 WSMR/May `04

· ST5000

­ 12.054 WSMR/Feb '04 ­ 12.056 WSMR/May '04 ­ Nordsieck WSMR/Sept '04

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Far-Out Concepts

· Glide-back Payloads

­ Ames has proposed that WFF join team to demonstrate glide-back rocket motor concept ­ May have applications for payload recovery

· Inflatable Aeroshell Decelerator

­ LaRC wants WFF to collaborate on low-cost demo ­ May have applications for high-energy reentry (BBXII or HASR)

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Findings June 26, 2003 Meeting

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I. Oriole Launch Vehicle Development

· The SRWG would like to understand better the Oriole development plan and how it interacts with other programs such as HASR

Oriole capabilities are being developed with internal funding and outside funding sources Oriole vehicles could be used at WFF, Poker &amp; Norway as early as FY05/06 Technology funding profile pushes Oriole flights at WSMR out to FY08/09 timeframe

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II. Nihka Motor Availability

· The SRWG is alarmed to learn that Nihka motors are no longer being manufactured. · Plan

- DTI has &quot;Cardinal&quot; rocket motor on the drawing board - ATK (Elkton) may be interested in developing a similar system based on its ASAS technology - Bristol has expressed interested in developing a Nihka replacement - Proposed Process

· The SRWG strongly encourages Wallops to continue development of the Mesospheric Sounder · MRLS motors were shipped to WFF on Jan 9th · Dart mechanical design will be based on exiting 4&quot; dart concept · Current plan calls for system development in the FY07-08 time frame

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IV. Water and Air Recovery from Wallops

· The SRWG underscores the clear and pressing need to develop as quickly as possible the technologies required to support the recovery of heavy, high flying payloads launched from Wallops Air retrieval technologies are being developed under an ongoing NGLT effort

­ ­ ­ ­ Parafoil w/ helicopter air snatch Currently looking at 800 lbs weight class Demo of capability set for late FY04 Funded by NGLT

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Advanced water recovery technology development can not be funded until FY09 time frame

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V. Launches from Wallops

· The SRWG continues to be concerned about the difficulties of launching out of Wallops due to conflicts with various naval, commercial and recreational ships and boats